Where does “miestentauti” come from?

miestentauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

miestentauti (Finnish): a disease or disorder exclusive to men

Definitions

  1. a disease or disorder exclusive to men

Ancestry of “miestentauti”, step by step

miestentauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi

Words derived from “miestentauti

Every word from Proto-Finnic meexesEvery word from Proto-Finnic meesEvery word from Finnish mies
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